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so we could reduce our deficit and invest in the skills and ideas of our people. and you know, at the time the republican congress and a senate candidate by the name of mitt romney vote -- they said that bill clinton's plan would hurt the economy and kill jobs. does that sound familiar? that's what they said. it turns out their math was just as bad back then as it is now. because -- because by the end of bill clinton's second term, america had created 23 million new jobs and a incomes were up and poverty was down, and our deficit had turned into a surplus. so wisconsin, we know what ideas work. we know our ideas work. and we know that their ideas don't work. we know it. and the reason we know it is we just tried it a few years ago. after bill clinton was out of office, they tried their ideas. we tried giving big tax cuts to the wealthiest americans. we tried giving insurance companies and wall street a free rein to do whatever they play. what we got is falling incomes, record deficits, slowest job growth in 50 years and an economic crisis that we're still cleaning
so we could reduce our deficit and invest in the skills and ideas of our people. and you know, at the time the republican congress and a senate candidate by the name of mitt romney vote -- they said that bill clinton's plan would hurt the economy and kill jobs. does that sound familiar? that's what they said. it turns out their math was just as bad back then as it is now. because -- because by the end of bill clinton's second term, america had created 23 million new jobs and a incomes were up...
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every single republican president drove up the deficit. people forget that. every single republican president has driven up the deficit and democratic presidents have to grapple with that. president obama needs to call them on their bluff. i don't think they are going to drive the country off the cliff. >> here is the interview. people should go over the interview. i thought it was interesting. it was off the record. it's not like he said oh, my god, i can't believe he said that. he's more detailed and freer than on the stuff. this is him on using the simpson-bowles debt. i think we can get what is e give lent to the grand bargain that essentially i've been offering to the republicans for a very long time. $4 trillion deficit reduction and more ton out year. that is being very clear, assigning a number. do you see the republicans taking that deal if obama is reelected in that period of time? >> of course, president obama's budget he proposed didn't get to $4 trillion in cuts. it would be good to see the president get to that. if he did that, then there would
every single republican president drove up the deficit. people forget that. every single republican president has driven up the deficit and democratic presidents have to grapple with that. president obama needs to call them on their bluff. i don't think they are going to drive the country off the cliff. >> here is the interview. people should go over the interview. i thought it was interesting. it was off the record. it's not like he said oh, my god, i can't believe he said that. he's...
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focused in on jobs and the economy, the difference between our tax plans, the difference between our deficit reduction plans. certainly a lot about health care and medicare especially given the fact that my opponent is a former bush cabinet secretary where we have a real record to contrast with regard to health care and medicare. and in each of those questions there's also been a local element to it. what have i been doing throughout my public service career and not so much what tommy thompson did as governor, but what has he been doing joining the bush administration and joining a large lobbying firm. i think that's where people are looking at this old expression, you work hard, play by the rules, you're supposed to get ahead. too many families in wisconsin are just getting by. they know it's not their work ethics that's changed, it's the rules. whoever can hire the most powerful lobbyists get their way and in wisconsin's proud progressive position, the people want a voice. so that's what we're seeing as a sort of local nuance on this otherwise pretty nationally focused race. >> it sounds t
focused in on jobs and the economy, the difference between our tax plans, the difference between our deficit reduction plans. certainly a lot about health care and medicare especially given the fact that my opponent is a former bush cabinet secretary where we have a real record to contrast with regard to health care and medicare. and in each of those questions there's also been a local element to it. what have i been doing throughout my public service career and not so much what tommy thompson...
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he also said he'd cut the deficit in half. he doubled it. he was going to get unemployment down to 5.2% right now. we just learned on friday it's up to 7.9%. that means 9 million more americans don't have work than what he promised. he also said he was going to cut your health insurance premiums by $2,500 a year. anybody seen that happen to them lately? no. actually for the average american it's gone up by $3,000 a year. and then of course he said he was going to save social security and medicare. came out with no plan to do either one of those things. in fact, he took $716 billion out of medicare to pay for his vaunted obama care. he said he was going to work across the aisle. he was going to work with republicans or democrats to get things done. interesting. you know, do you know how long it's been since he has spoken with either the senate -- the republican leader in the senate or the republican leader in the house? about either of the economy or the deficit or sequestration or jobs? it's been since july. i don't call that working across
he also said he'd cut the deficit in half. he doubled it. he was going to get unemployment down to 5.2% right now. we just learned on friday it's up to 7.9%. that means 9 million more americans don't have work than what he promised. he also said he was going to cut your health insurance premiums by $2,500 a year. anybody seen that happen to them lately? no. actually for the average american it's gone up by $3,000 a year. and then of course he said he was going to save social security and...
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his oceanic self-esteem, no deficit there, he smolders with resentment that he must actually ask for a second term. >> an orgy of words. >> fantastic. i should have my daughter read it. she's getting ready for the s.a.t. katty kay, take it away. >> george will feeling in flowery form there. >> is there a point there? >> one, he seems to be saying that president obama has a character issue that he doesn't like, that there's a certain arrogance there, that he doesn't feel that he has to actually go out and campaign. and we saw that in the first debate. we saw some of that to get involved in the politics in the first debate. if you ask people around washington, one of the character flaws that they will point to about barack obama is that there is a certain distance and a certain arrogance. but i think the first point that he makes that the president hasn't done anything, i just don't think that's true. it's very hard to look at this president's record and say that he's done nothing. first of all, there was health care reform. you may not have liked it, but there was certainly a reshuffl
his oceanic self-esteem, no deficit there, he smolders with resentment that he must actually ask for a second term. >> an orgy of words. >> fantastic. i should have my daughter read it. she's getting ready for the s.a.t. katty kay, take it away. >> george will feeling in flowery form there. >> is there a point there? >> one, he seems to be saying that president obama has a character issue that he doesn't like, that there's a certain arrogance there, that he doesn't...
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and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadersp -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. athat's what the plan georged allen supports... i'm mitt romney, would cost our economy. newspapers called it "economically destructive." like allen's votes to give tax breaks to companies... that ship jobs overseas, his economic plan would... help big corporations, devastating the middle class. allen even voted against tax breaks for small businesses. virginia can't afford to go back to george allen. the democratic senatorial campaign committee... is responsible for the content of this advertising. isve and in hd, thi breaking news. >> we want italia's but two news stories. to we will continue follow any developments, in the story. a car left almost unrecognizable after hitting
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right now the republicans are all screaming about the deficit if you look at that deficit what you find is that about half of it a little a little less than half of that is the bush tax cuts another a little less than half of it is is the two wars that there were that george bush put on the credit card and medicare part d. word he said that the government can't go she had drug prices so medicare is paying twice as much for drug prices as the military does and then the remainder is the word recession so tax collections are down and government outlays are up so you're absolutely right had we not had the bush tax cuts we wouldn't be in much of the mess we're in and in fact frankly if you want to go back to eighty four eighty five eighty six if we had had the reagan tax cuts we'd still have the prosperity that we had the fifty's sixty's seventy's and eighty's calvin in destin florida a calvin what's up. oh i have a saying where you discuss on the other thing is you know america is run like a bank money now well no it is common there for some reason on the spot system today just want to brin
right now the republicans are all screaming about the deficit if you look at that deficit what you find is that about half of it a little a little less than half of that is the bush tax cuts another a little less than half of it is is the two wars that there were that george bush put on the credit card and medicare part d. word he said that the government can't go she had drug prices so medicare is paying twice as much for drug prices as the military does and then the remainder is the word...
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congress had taken it more seriously and i like to point out the same people who are concerned about the deficit and the impact on our children infrastructure is every bit as important. if we don't bring it up to speed it will hurt. >> john, do you think that building better school is going to change the education of our students. isn't it tougher standard and more competition. >> not one iota. it is a desperate act of the administration that ismenting to be perceived as doing 100,000 new teachers will not make investment rise . salary takers from the federal government can train jobs for the put future is laughable. best way to do that is are duce the burden. >> mark, is this another stimulus plan that is going to work the same way the last one did? >> i think the last one was ineffective because members of the congress decileded to bloc it and we spend lile and we needed to spend two or three times the amount. it is 287 billion and we should have spent triple tt and we have a 14.8 trillion. halfwent to loans and aid to bail out wall street. >> and so why are we going to spend money on jobs? >>
congress had taken it more seriously and i like to point out the same people who are concerned about the deficit and the impact on our children infrastructure is every bit as important. if we don't bring it up to speed it will hurt. >> john, do you think that building better school is going to change the education of our students. isn't it tougher standard and more competition. >> not one iota. it is a desperate act of the administration that ismenting to be perceived as doing...
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trillion dollar deficits. we have for the last four years. >> i think we have to move along the lines of the simpson-bowles plan, a balanced approach that addresses the issues. we're going to try to get our spending down to 21% of gdp. >> president obama did not originally go for it. >> nobody did. i would. a lot of this is getting rid of tax expenditures which are loopholes. we can raise a lot of revenues by getting rid of loopholes. royalties to coal companies. rate oil companies. these are what we call attack expenditures. take them away and we can get more revenue. >> we can cut everything we possibly can to the bone. we cannot pass this down the road to our kids and grandkids. we have to be serious. we have to do the heavy lifting. >> let's wish to medicare. do you support paul ryan's plan that would change medicare for people who are under the age of 55? some people have called it a vulture system. >> i support saving medicare, in favor of the principles of the ryan plan. it was a group of principals. th
trillion dollar deficits. we have for the last four years. >> i think we have to move along the lines of the simpson-bowles plan, a balanced approach that addresses the issues. we're going to try to get our spending down to 21% of gdp. >> president obama did not originally go for it. >> nobody did. i would. a lot of this is getting rid of tax expenditures which are loopholes. we can raise a lot of revenues by getting rid of loopholes. royalties to coal companies. rate oil...
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we went from surplus to a deficit in 2001. >> how? would you like to >> she has misstated just about everything. first, the debt has gone up from $6 trillion to $16 trillion when she has been in office. patton dollar trillion increased. -- that is a $10 trillion increase. i never put in a tax bill to give anybody a tax break of anything right now. my tax bill that i put out is basically if you want all the itemized deductions and exemptions, fine. if you want a flat tax without a skimming or scanning the system, you can do it in the halftime between the green bay packers and the chicago bears. you go in and put down the gross revenue, but your tax in promise ended in, and still have enough time to go to the refrigerator and get a beer and come back and watched the second half. so you have that opportunity. the third thing, she forgets i was running the department of help. i was not in the department of revenue. i was not in passing tax things. she was in the government. she has a tremendous idea that all these happened without hurting
we went from surplus to a deficit in 2001. >> how? would you like to >> she has misstated just about everything. first, the debt has gone up from $6 trillion to $16 trillion when she has been in office. patton dollar trillion increased. -- that is a $10 trillion increase. i never put in a tax bill to give anybody a tax break of anything right now. my tax bill that i put out is basically if you want all the itemized deductions and exemptions, fine. if you want a flat tax without a...
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this president has run trillion dollar deficits. he has increased our debt more than any other president combined in our nation's history. these pocketbook voters are looking at the voters in seeing a record of failure. what we see is there will be a significant turnout on election day of independent voters. we have been working diligently to win them over with a strong fiscal message. we a record of balancing budgets and creating jobs and keeping spending under control. host: we just heard from kathy sullivan who noted military issues are a big one in new hampshire. she made the comment that mitt romney wants to add trillions to the pentagon spending. this echoes what you just said that said competing aspects of the political culture could tip the balance in either direction. when is the state's aversion to taxes and affection for small government. guest: it is a fair point, and while i will often correct the record of what she says, this is a critical part of the state. new hampshire has one of the highest percentage of veterans a
this president has run trillion dollar deficits. he has increased our debt more than any other president combined in our nation's history. these pocketbook voters are looking at the voters in seeing a record of failure. what we see is there will be a significant turnout on election day of independent voters. we have been working diligently to win them over with a strong fiscal message. we a record of balancing budgets and creating jobs and keeping spending under control. host: we just heard...
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the deficit this past year was $1.1 trillion. if you are not going to raise taxes, what are the things you can cut to get close to erasing a $1.1 trillion deficit? >> we should be about $230 billion, but we have to look at agencies that were created that are not meeting up to their mission. you look at the department at energy that was created when i was a teenager. it was to make the united states energy independent. what has happened with that department over the last 40 years? we look at the expansion of the government and education. when we separated education out of health, education, and welfare. we have spent more money at education at the federal government level, money that could have been used better at the local levels. we have to look at these duplicative programs. we have got to move away from baseline budget to zero-based budget. >> the gao had a study that counted 33 agencies that are doing the same thing. we need to streamline these agencies. seven are focused on businesses and trade. let's streamline them. we hav
the deficit this past year was $1.1 trillion. if you are not going to raise taxes, what are the things you can cut to get close to erasing a $1.1 trillion deficit? >> we should be about $230 billion, but we have to look at agencies that were created that are not meeting up to their mission. you look at the department at energy that was created when i was a teenager. it was to make the united states energy independent. what has happened with that department over the last 40 years? we look...
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. >> we have a financial deficit >> teachers and community activists want studies done to consider the impact school closings would have on various communities. plans for a marathon in new york city this week scrapped amid growing criticism. gov quinn defending his pick, what he says the new head of the illinois sports facilities authority is up for the job. busy in here. yeah. progressive mobile is... [ "everybody have fun tonight" plays ] really catching on! people can do it all! get a quote, buy and manage your policy! -[ music stops ] -it's great! well, what's with the... -[ music resumes ] -music? ♪ have fun tonight ♪ dude. getting a car insurance quote. i'll let it go to voicemail. [ clears throat ] ♪ everybody wang chung tonight ♪ putting it on vibrate. [ cell phone vibrates ] -[ loud vibrating ] -it'll pass. [ vibrating continues ] our giant store and your little phone. that's progressive mobile. quite a difference a day makes earlier today in new york city mayor michael bloomberg insisted the marathon would take place in his city by sunday and by tonight his office ann
. >> we have a financial deficit >> teachers and community activists want studies done to consider the impact school closings would have on various communities. plans for a marathon in new york city this week scrapped amid growing criticism. gov quinn defending his pick, what he says the new head of the illinois sports facilities authority is up for the job. busy in here. yeah. progressive mobile is... [ "everybody have fun tonight" plays ] really catching on! people can...
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not do deficit spending. save that money the bankers were making administrating the loans and allow kids to get the loans directly from the school. what congressman akin said is that the federal packing of the loans is a problem. if that federal backing is not there, the private banks will not be making a loan. >> moderator: senator. thank you. we now need to proceed to the next segment of the program the questions from the audience. and the first question will be directed to senator, you will go first and have one and a half minutes. i was born in mexico and immigrated to the u.s. at the age of 4. since then my family and i have kept a close eye on the immigration policy and the working conditions of immigrants. if are re-elected, senator, or if you become a senator, congressman, how do you influence the policy and the related factors? mccaskill, first, we're a nation of immigrant. i'm a prosecutor and i believe in enforcing the law. i don't think anybody should be allowed to jump the line by breaking a law.
not do deficit spending. save that money the bankers were making administrating the loans and allow kids to get the loans directly from the school. what congressman akin said is that the federal packing of the loans is a problem. if that federal backing is not there, the private banks will not be making a loan. >> moderator: senator. thank you. we now need to proceed to the next segment of the program the questions from the audience. and the first question will be directed to senator, you...
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heed cut the deficit in half, heed bring everybody together. the deficit has doubled. it's the most partisan time we've had and just look at the jobs that didn't occur. we got a new jobs report today. unemployment is higher than the day he took office. you got 23 million americans struggling for work today. 15% of our fellow citizens living in poverty today. that's the highest in a generation. all those jobs he said heed create if he borrowed a lot of money and gave it to these interest groups, it didn't material lies. we have a jobs crisis. wouldn't it be nice to actually have a job creator in the white house for a change? [applause] four years ago i want to read you a quote. if you don't have fresh ideas, use stale tactics to scare voters. if you don't have a record to run on then you paint your opponent someone should one from. you make a big election about small things. you know who that was four years ago. so you do know who that was four years ago. that's what president obama when he was candidate said four years ago and that's exactly what he has become. here's
heed cut the deficit in half, heed bring everybody together. the deficit has doubled. it's the most partisan time we've had and just look at the jobs that didn't occur. we got a new jobs report today. unemployment is higher than the day he took office. you got 23 million americans struggling for work today. 15% of our fellow citizens living in poverty today. that's the highest in a generation. all those jobs he said heed create if he borrowed a lot of money and gave it to these interest groups,...
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when i was mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment. we had 1.1 million people on welfare. we were coming to a -- what was described, one of the reasons i got elected. i got elected because the economy was horrible, had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor so i got elected at the first republican in 25 years, first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got legislated with a very, very simple and direct campaign slogan. you can't do any worse. [laughter] tell me how i could make things worse? 3,000 murders? could unemployment go do 15%. maybe instead of 500,000 people moving out, 600,000 move out. give me a shot and let's see what can happen. my predecessor had done what a lot of people who should never be executives do. he appointed a commission to tell them how to straighten out of economy, but the commission was going to report after the election. the commission did report after the election. a month after while i was getting ready to get sworn in, and they presented 34 #e with thei
when i was mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment. we had 1.1 million people on welfare. we were coming to a -- what was described, one of the reasons i got elected. i got elected because the economy was horrible, had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor so i got elected at the first republican in 25 years, first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got legislated with a very, very simple and direct...
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he said he'd cut the deficit. it hasn't happened. we have someone who is running for president who knows how to bring back jobs. he has the experience. he has the experience and the record nd he knows how to work with democrats and repubicansbls and that's why we need mitt romney to fix what's broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here in front of me. i will talk autos in a way that is straight talk. obama said a few things that, as he said, were "whoppers." he said, you wanted to take those companies through ban kruptcy. it was obama who took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. it was mitt romney who did provide for loan guarantees. every fact-checker who looked has said that barack obama was wrong and was not telling the truth. this is what is most important, with the communities depending on autos. the policies that will be good for the auto industry, for the state of ohio. [applause] he wants sensible regulations, for the auto companies and to make sure we can get the auto companies on their feet and make s
he said he'd cut the deficit. it hasn't happened. we have someone who is running for president who knows how to bring back jobs. he has the experience. he has the experience and the record nd he knows how to work with democrats and repubicansbls and that's why we need mitt romney to fix what's broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here in front of me. i will talk autos in a way that is straight talk. obama said a few things that, as he said, were "whoppers." he...
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arrested before he could do so because the first claims that he got proof that facts about the greek deficit that forced athens to see kate in the first place were fraudulent he says he received the data from hackers group anonymous who broke into government computers now the same time another greek journalist costas vaxevanis is on trial for breach of privacy for publishing the names of two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts i spoke to him gob syl from free press magazine he told me the greek government is cracking down on the media to try to limit the flow of information to the people. journalists in greece are absolutely doing their job the country is in crisis but people need to know what's going on and their rulers aren't telling them what do you make of what's happened there do you believe that this has been too quick too heavy handed response by the greek authorities and when of course one of these journalists even get to reveal the information he claims to have had i guess it does prove that the government maybe is concerned idea well i would say so yes i mean they tried to clo
arrested before he could do so because the first claims that he got proof that facts about the greek deficit that forced athens to see kate in the first place were fraudulent he says he received the data from hackers group anonymous who broke into government computers now the same time another greek journalist costas vaxevanis is on trial for breach of privacy for publishing the names of two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts i spoke to him gob syl from free press magazine he told me the...
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my strong sense, paul, this is an enthusiasm deficit on the democratic side. >> paul: all the polls show that. >> all the polls show that and i think it's a going to be a determining factor, now, new jersey, new jersey, maryland, it isn't going to decide whether-- obama will win those states. his popular vote may be down, i think the hurricane is going to suppress the popularity vote. >> paul: dampen that. >> and i spoke to a pollster not working for the obama campaign and agreed with dan's sentiment, turnout was an issue for democrats, enthusiasm is down, but also says that he thinks this allowed obama, even though he missed some days on the campaign trail, allowed him to get out there and show some leadership, some bipartisanship, thanks to the new jersey governor, republican chris christie be being at his side for a couple of days. >> paul: i want to ask you, new jersey residents, and generally a fan of governor chris christie, what do you make of this embrace of the governor with the president? >> well, our colleague peggy noonan, says you want to keep your friends close, but your pr
my strong sense, paul, this is an enthusiasm deficit on the democratic side. >> paul: all the polls show that. >> all the polls show that and i think it's a going to be a determining factor, now, new jersey, new jersey, maryland, it isn't going to decide whether-- obama will win those states. his popular vote may be down, i think the hurricane is going to suppress the popularity vote. >> paul: dampen that. >> and i spoke to a pollster not working for the obama campaign...
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>> i think was talking about the deficit. it's one million less than it was. but he couldn't have flished that. in terms of jobs again. megyn: i'm asking for a broader view. should he never have made those promises? can you change washington? >> no, no. if i can respond some to some of the things mike has said. it's even at 7.9%. the jobs picture is more than they thought it would be. august and september had more jobs than previously thought. we find out promised he has made. he said he would reform healthcare and end the war in iraq and get out of afghanistan. he has done so many of the things he said he would do. any second-term president is not going to be as swooned over as a first term. that's just the what it is for every president. >> his narcissistic personality, the failed promises. >> he created 4 million jobs. almost 200,000 a month being created. megyn: it won't be solved today but it will be solved tuesday one way or another. the american people will have the final say. thank you both so much. i thought it was an interesting piece. good debate. l
>> i think was talking about the deficit. it's one million less than it was. but he couldn't have flished that. in terms of jobs again. megyn: i'm asking for a broader view. should he never have made those promises? can you change washington? >> no, no. if i can respond some to some of the things mike has said. it's even at 7.9%. the jobs picture is more than they thought it would be. august and september had more jobs than previously thought. we find out promised he has made. he...
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you voted and the results increased our deficit by 200 billion, billion with a b dollars. >> find a key governors races from across the country on c- span, c-span radio and c- span.org/campaign2012. host: we turn our attention now to the history of the october surprise. or events that happened before an election. our guest is joining us from their studios in washington you wrote that the october's surprise is a long story and mostly exaggerated history. so, why we have october surprises and what are they? guest: the notion of the last minute big moment that changes the trajectory of any given rate, started back in 1972 when henry kissinger said that a couple days before the presidential election that there is a possibility of the peace during the vietnam war, just before the election it was seen as an effort to try to get those last few voters that were upset with president nixon over in the vietnam war in his camp. it turns out he did not need them. and in every subsequent presidential race, the media is looking for the big game changing moment in the last month that could move a lot o
you voted and the results increased our deficit by 200 billion, billion with a b dollars. >> find a key governors races from across the country on c- span, c-span radio and c- span.org/campaign2012. host: we turn our attention now to the history of the october surprise. or events that happened before an election. our guest is joining us from their studios in washington you wrote that the october's surprise is a long story and mostly exaggerated history. so, why we have october surprises...
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the deficit is now $1 trillion this year. he has added 50% to our debt to the point that it has gone to $16 trillion. does that sound like it is working to you? and when he pushed to the health care bill through, he said, if you pass this legislation, we will reduce health-care costs. the reduction will be about $2,500. it actually has increased costs by about $2,500. does this sound like it is working? we are in the right place. and then the stimulus package, when he said i want a trillion dollars of your money, he took our money plus the bar a bunch from china. trillionet's put a dollars and see what happens. he says today unemployment would be 15% lower than it is. that is 9 million jobs short. does this sound like it's working? it is not. what is even more discouraging is looking at what he wants to do over the next four years. it is more of the same. there are some exceptions. he has protected and our jobs and ensure we have the military second to none to keep the peace. i get to work with him. host: for the past week an
the deficit is now $1 trillion this year. he has added 50% to our debt to the point that it has gone to $16 trillion. does that sound like it is working to you? and when he pushed to the health care bill through, he said, if you pass this legislation, we will reduce health-care costs. the reduction will be about $2,500. it actually has increased costs by about $2,500. does this sound like it is working? we are in the right place. and then the stimulus package, when he said i want a trillion...
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from where we work, a whole that was dug with some ideological policies, blow a hole in the budget deficit, and the economy collapses? i would like to ask those people. if these policies were so great, why did they not work in the last 10 years? i realize we have a lot more and permission in our society today, but it was not that long ago -- there is a lot more information in our society today. the president has dug us out of that hole and has as moving in the right direction. there is a jobs bill that any economist who is being objective about it says will create over 1 million new jobs. gives some money to the roads and bridges projects that we need done and make sure local governments are not laying off police, fire, and teachers. let's move the economy forward and create jobs, making investments into the new energy sector, investments in research and development to create the jobs of the future so that places like ohio can keep going with exactly what it is that we have been doing and build on the auto industry, the steel industry, and get into these new industries. we are heading a ro
from where we work, a whole that was dug with some ideological policies, blow a hole in the budget deficit, and the economy collapses? i would like to ask those people. if these policies were so great, why did they not work in the last 10 years? i realize we have a lot more and permission in our society today, but it was not that long ago -- there is a lot more information in our society today. the president has dug us out of that hole and has as moving in the right direction. there is a jobs...
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ceiling that's going to be a problem early next year and how are we going to address our long-term deficit problems and how are we going to get them down sufficiently that they stable the gde debt ratio. until congress nails this down more clearly businesses are going to be reluctant to go out and hire more aggressively. layoffs are low but they're going--they're not going to hire aggressively. that's what we need to get to austin's 250 k per month. >> jennifer: once the election is over, and it's settled who will be leading our nation, they cut some deal in congress beaver the fiscal cliff then you think you'll start to see greater jobs numbers every month? >> yes it's confidence. >> jennifer: yes, so austin, let me ask you we just learned that the congressional republicans pressured the nonpartisan research service to withdraw a report that reached some conclusions about what works to stimulate economic growth. what is in that report? why are they so scared? >> well, because the report--i know the report well. the report says how much do high-income tax rates matter for the growth rate i
ceiling that's going to be a problem early next year and how are we going to address our long-term deficit problems and how are we going to get them down sufficiently that they stable the gde debt ratio. until congress nails this down more clearly businesses are going to be reluctant to go out and hire more aggressively. layoffs are low but they're going--they're not going to hire aggressively. that's what we need to get to austin's 250 k per month. >> jennifer: once the election is over,...
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the deficit is now $1 trillion this year. he has added 50% to our debt to the point that it has gone to $16 trillion. it does not -- does that is working to you? and when he pushed to the health care bill through, he said, if you pass this legislation, we will reduce health-care costs. the reduction will be about $2,500. it actually has increased costs by about $2,500. does this sound like it is working? we are in the right place. and then the stimulus package, when he said i want a trillion dollars of your money, he took our money plus the bar a bunch from china. he said let's put a trillion dollars and see what happens. he says today unemployment would be 15% lower than it is. that is 9 million jobs short. does this sound like it's working? it is not. what is even more discouraging is looking at what he wants to do over the next four years. it is more of the same. there are some exceptions. he has protected and our jobs and ensure we have the military second to none to keep the peace. i get to work with him. thank you for t
the deficit is now $1 trillion this year. he has added 50% to our debt to the point that it has gone to $16 trillion. it does not -- does that is working to you? and when he pushed to the health care bill through, he said, if you pass this legislation, we will reduce health-care costs. the reduction will be about $2,500. it actually has increased costs by about $2,500. does this sound like it is working? we are in the right place. and then the stimulus package, when he said i want a trillion...
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>> it's amazing to me that you can stand here having voted 4 trillion dollar deficits for the last of four years, the largest, fastest debt increase in american history and say we have to control spending. you've done nothing to control spending over the last four years. with respect to cut, cap, and balance, it's amazing to me that the idea of cutting wasteful spending, capping the ability of congress to spend money we don't have, and balancing the budget is extreme. i think it would force congress to set priorities and stop funding things like solyndra and to prioritize things like social security, medicare, and education. that's why i support a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. >> the race to succeed retiring new mexico senator akaka is just one of the key house or senate government races you can follow on c-span.org. -- house, senate, and governor races. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are highlighting key battleground states of campaign 2012. today we put a spotlight on iowa. joining us from des moines is a senior political writer with the associated pres
>> it's amazing to me that you can stand here having voted 4 trillion dollar deficits for the last of four years, the largest, fastest debt increase in american history and say we have to control spending. you've done nothing to control spending over the last four years. with respect to cut, cap, and balance, it's amazing to me that the idea of cutting wasteful spending, capping the ability of congress to spend money we don't have, and balancing the budget is extreme. i think it would...
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people know in their bones, worried about the deficit, the debt, they don't like the affordable care act. another country to be more prosperous and growing in a much more rapid pace. we have an anemic recovery. lou: and we have noticed. we appreciate you getting this to the economics, as well as the politics. let's hear it. governor romney going to win ohio? >> i believe he will. these numbers, lots of conflicting polls. two things that break it for me. nine of 13 of the last polls show romney winning independence you don't lose ohio if you are winning independence, and second of all, these early vote numbers are strong as it and acre of garlic and we say in texas. lou: thank you for being with us. appreciate it. thank you for bringing your strong texas language. it feels like home. >> there we go. lou: much more on the final stretch of the election and what's to -- what to expect from both candid it's as that day approaches. hurricane sandy aftermath. five days and, and tempers are flaring. frustration is building as gas lines grow longer and longer and longer. grocery store shelves
people know in their bones, worried about the deficit, the debt, they don't like the affordable care act. another country to be more prosperous and growing in a much more rapid pace. we have an anemic recovery. lou: and we have noticed. we appreciate you getting this to the economics, as well as the politics. let's hear it. governor romney going to win ohio? >> i believe he will. these numbers, lots of conflicting polls. two things that break it for me. nine of 13 of the last polls show...
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change in which we reduce our deficit, and we can streamline agencies. we can get rid of programs that are not working, but if we are serious, we have to ask wealthy americans to go back to the tax rates they paid when bill clinton was in office. [applause] of budget is all about priorities. it is about what values do we care about. i am not going to turn medicare into a voucher to pay taxes. i am not going to allow this nation to be plunged into another battle over health-care reform and take millions of americans of health care and weaken the reforms we put in place, including making sure young people can stay on their parents' plan just so insurance companies can jump back into the driver's seat. by the way, i am not going to allow politicians in washington to control health-care choices women should make it by themselves. i am not going to do that. we are not going to go backwards. we are going to go for words. -- forwards. [applause] colorado, we know what change is. we know what the future requires. we do not need a big government agenda or a small
change in which we reduce our deficit, and we can streamline agencies. we can get rid of programs that are not working, but if we are serious, we have to ask wealthy americans to go back to the tax rates they paid when bill clinton was in office. [applause] of budget is all about priorities. it is about what values do we care about. i am not going to turn medicare into a voucher to pay taxes. i am not going to allow this nation to be plunged into another battle over health-care reform and take...
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indiana ran deficits. when mitch daniels came into power a couple of years later on but is that you helped write, indiana was $700 million of the internet and had a deficit of $820 million. facts are stubborn things. i would like to know from my colleagues on stage how we are going to make sure to preserve the fiscal integrity of the state of indiana. >> if you has been the last years of indiana rather than congress, you know our balance has to be passed in indiana according to the constitution. i have passed bipartisan balanced budgets. they were supported by david longed in our lieutenant governor. i find it almost laughable that the united states congressman would lecture anybody about this responsibility. you voted not once, twice, but five times -- the results increased the deficit by $200 billion. >> find a key house, senate, and gov. races across the country on c-span, as his band radio, and c-span.org/campaign2012. >> debate coverage continues tomorrow night with rhode island oppose the first distr
indiana ran deficits. when mitch daniels came into power a couple of years later on but is that you helped write, indiana was $700 million of the internet and had a deficit of $820 million. facts are stubborn things. i would like to know from my colleagues on stage how we are going to make sure to preserve the fiscal integrity of the state of indiana. >> if you has been the last years of indiana rather than congress, you know our balance has to be passed in indiana according to the...
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some say it's contributed to the state's deficit and pension costs going through the roof. it seems like there's no shortage of special interest in this debate. >> there is no shortage of cash on either side. when the unions from the california teacher association contributes to this, they are representing the three of 25,000 members because they support the funding for public education and so forth. when they had americans for responsible leadership contributes, whose interest are they representing? we don't know because we don't know who their funders are. the superior court in sacramento says, you must disclose your funders or else california will suffer irreparable damage. >> but they are not going to have to do that before the election. >> we are going to appeal it so that californians will not know who is giving money to the yes on 32 campaign before the election. >> i want to pay for out of most people are for some sort of a form. somethings got to be done. maybe this won't go far enough. but why not take this huge step? >> the reason is, as i said, there's special i
some say it's contributed to the state's deficit and pension costs going through the roof. it seems like there's no shortage of special interest in this debate. >> there is no shortage of cash on either side. when the unions from the california teacher association contributes to this, they are representing the three of 25,000 members because they support the funding for public education and so forth. when they had americans for responsible leadership contributes, whose interest are they...
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we need to take our $16 trillion deficit seriously. my opponents refusal to talk about the corporations to millionaires and billionaires, that blows another dollars trillion to our deficit. this is an ideal place where cuts are available and cuts are demanded by people. >> final question before we get to closing statements. it will be asked by our student body president. >> currently, congress has the lowest approval rating in history. many feel because of -- it is because of his partisan politics. what d.c. for us coming together to get things done? >> we have to have bipartisan solutions so we can move changes forward in washington d.c.. how do we do that? we send people like me who have a proven record of working in a bipartisan way to get things done. that is what i said. many in this district are democratic mayors and they support me. that is the way i will operate in washington. to be able to find those we can work with. we will be able to have leaders go in and lobby, be a person ready to make changes. go get more votes for what
we need to take our $16 trillion deficit seriously. my opponents refusal to talk about the corporations to millionaires and billionaires, that blows another dollars trillion to our deficit. this is an ideal place where cuts are available and cuts are demanded by people. >> final question before we get to closing statements. it will be asked by our student body president. >> currently, congress has the lowest approval rating in history. many feel because of -- it is because of his...
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you know that he promised bipartisanship and to reduce the deficit by half. you know that he was going to give us accountable government. he said he would reduce the health insurance by $2,500. today we have -- we had promises of economic recovery. this president today has not delivered on his promises of 2008. that is reason enough to have him not be president of united states. he has not delivered. [applause] it is very clear that america cannot afford four more years obamanomics. and the abuse of power by pointing many of his own party and executive orders be on the constitution. -- beyond the constitution. we will have a new president obama -- pardon me, i mean, president runomney. $814 steel is that did not work. -- stimulous that did not work. worst economic problems america has faced since world war ii. 23 million people looking for full-time jobs. under an employment a 40% of the economy. -- underemployment making up 40% of the economy. many people on food stamps. that is the failure, but americans are not quitters. we can turn the ship around and we
you know that he promised bipartisanship and to reduce the deficit by half. you know that he was going to give us accountable government. he said he would reduce the health insurance by $2,500. today we have -- we had promises of economic recovery. this president today has not delivered on his promises of 2008. that is reason enough to have him not be president of united states. he has not delivered. [applause] it is very clear that america cannot afford four more years obamanomics. and the...
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some are more prosperous and those who lean republican, the debt and deficit edge out. many millions of americans unemployed or not working in a job they like, the numbers are more important. let's go back to 2008. before that, remember the recession started beginning 2008. if you look at four years ago today, we are not better off from an unemployment situation than we were. what we are better off in is a general economic situation. i saw a sign in ohio that said no, president obama, we are not better off. look at the number of jobs we were losing before president obama took office and in the early months. what you see as a general trend, we have seen the job losses and job creation begin and we have seen all of the jobs lost during the four years of the obama administration regained. that is what you are going to hear from president obama at 8:30 this morning when the jobs numbers come out. we are certain it will be positive, create 125,000 jobs. if it's less than 100, republicans are going pounce on that. if it's more than 150 or close to 200, obama administration is
some are more prosperous and those who lean republican, the debt and deficit edge out. many millions of americans unemployed or not working in a job they like, the numbers are more important. let's go back to 2008. before that, remember the recession started beginning 2008. if you look at four years ago today, we are not better off from an unemployment situation than we were. what we are better off in is a general economic situation. i saw a sign in ohio that said no, president obama, we are...
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and we facece this deficit -- could crush the fure generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a repubblin or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. i'm mitt romney, so, maybe you're trying to fiwell, let me give it a shot. if you're ok with marylander spending five hundred and... fifty million a year gaming in other states, fair enough. but if you tnk we should keep that money here... add twelve thousand jobs, and generate millions for schools... well you should probably vote for question seven. because if it doesn't pass, all of this goes away. that's why the post called seven, common sense. but decide for yourself. >>> well, we've been telling you throughout the show about this puppy, abandoned during hurricane sandy and taken in by a kind family. here with more on the story are lordes and allison from the aspca. i cannot
and we facece this deficit -- could crush the fure generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a repubblin or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. i'm mitt romney, so, maybe you're trying to fiwell, let me give it a shot. if you're ok with marylander spending five...
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part of that is reducing the deficit. i'm very much in favor of it. for our business, our business is all about growth. our franchise sees make investments as they move forward. if they realize a strong economy, healthy economy, help build jobs, that's what all business people are looking for. >> i have talked to a lot of business owners past few years on this show and otherwise, they said they are tired with both parties. both parties have spent like drunken sailors and got us into this mess. and neither party has reduced the size of government in 50 years. no one has done it since the 1950s. what is does the business community want government to started doing. >> i think we all have to come together. i don't think it's just about government. all ofs have you to come together and make tough decisions. just the way we want to manage our business. the way you manage your personal finances we have to balance our budget. you can't spend more than we take in. we wouldn't be here selling businesses. >> our franchise cease are business owners every day they
part of that is reducing the deficit. i'm very much in favor of it. for our business, our business is all about growth. our franchise sees make investments as they move forward. if they realize a strong economy, healthy economy, help build jobs, that's what all business people are looking for. >> i have talked to a lot of business owners past few years on this show and otherwise, they said they are tired with both parties. both parties have spent like drunken sailors and got us into this...